Cursor jumps while typing in Windows7

Anonymous
2010-06-15T21:52:03+00:00

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cursor jumps while typing

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Anonymous
2010-06-16T15:05:44+00:00

Hi,

1. Does it happen with all the applications?

2. What is the type of mouse you are using? Is it wired or wireless?

3. Is it a laptop or desktop computer?

  1. What is the make and model number of the mouse?

Method 1:

I would suggest that you check if the mouse settings are correct.

  1. OpenMouse by clicking theStart button, clickingControl Panel, clickingHardware, and then clickingMouse .
  2. Click the Pointer Options tab, and then do any of the following:

Change mouse settings:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Change-mouse-settings

Method 2:

If this doesn’t help, then try booting the computer in safe mode and check if the same issue occurs, here is the link:

http://windows.microsoft.com/en-US/windows7/Start-your-computer-in-safe-mode

Method 3:

If it works fine in safe mode, then try performing clean boot and check if it helps, here is the link:

You can start Windows 7 by using a minimal set of drivers and startup programs. This kind of startup is known as a "clean boot." A clean boot helps eliminate software conflicts. This article describes how to troubleshoot problems in Windows 7 by performing a clean boot.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/929135

Make sure that you put back the computer to normal startup mode once it is done.

Method 4:

If you are using touchpad, try reducing the Touch Pad sensitivity and check if it helps.

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  1. Anonymous
    2013-04-18T13:08:29+00:00

    Hey there, please e-mail me ******@att.net 

    My touch pad is messing up alot! It will jump  everywhere, then my cursor will start moving itself and highlight my text and delete it by itself without me even touching the pad.  Its getting on my nerves because I just bought this ACER laptop.  Any way to fix this??

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  2. Anonymous
    2013-03-04T04:33:13+00:00

    Just wanted to emphasize that this is not simply a problem with the touchpad being too sensitive.  The cursor doesn't just jump to some random place.  It jumps to wherever the cursor is blinking on the page and whatever you're typing suddenly starts showing up at that spot.  My IT guy was convinced it was a touchpad issue until I demonstrated the problem by using a pencil to type so that my hands were well clear of the touchpad.  Once he saw the cursor jump with my hands nowhere near the touchpad, he agreed it was some other issue that MS just doesn't want to address.  As usual.

    I tried downloading that Synaptics driver but it appears my touchpad isn't Synaptics so I'm going to download the TouchFreeze and hope that works.

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  3. Anonymous
    2013-03-03T23:17:56+00:00

    fix

    cursor jumps while typing

    Need help to stop this problem

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  4. Anonymous
    2013-02-06T05:15:52+00:00

    I have a Lenovo and a Gateway laptop that both do the same thing.  One started on Windows 7 but they now both run Windows 8.  A previous laptop with Vista also used to do it.  Just to prove to my IT guy that it wasn't "user error" I typed something using a pencil with my hands nowhere near the pad and the typing still jumped to the cursor.  My brother's entire office had the same problem with their new laptops so their IT guy installed a patch which he then forwarded to me.  It's for Synaptics touchpads but, unfortunately, neither of my laptops uses that particular touchpad.  I can disengage the touchpad using the F6 function and that works fine.  Just a little cumbersome having to always disengage, engage, disengage, etc. but if I'm doing a lot of word processing, it's fine.  I may go ahead and download the touchfreeze app as well.  I like to avoid downloading additional stuff on my computer just to make it work right if I don't have to but I'd be interested in hearing if anyone else has had a good experience with the touchfreeze app.

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